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The London Sun this afternoon says that Downing-street, a name covering the Foreign and Colonial Offices, believes that General Boths has surrendered to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The committee appointed to inquire into the best means of settling reservists and discharged soldiers on the land in South Africa, of which Mr. H. O…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Major Norton has received a cable from Lieutenant Reld that the Fo[?]th Imperial South Australian Contingent is [?]ing at Newcastle and will [?] for Adelaide early [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The war [?]e has received word that eight men of the Midland Mounted Rifles were killed at Waterkloof on Thursday and six wounded, including…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several intended pro-Boer meetings in London have been cancelled, the less[?]s [?] to let their halls to the meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Royal celebrations at Christchurch yeterday were marked by superb weather. Eleven thousand troops attended the review in the afternoon; the spectators numbered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Major-General Bruce Hamilton's drive through Orange River Colony resulted in the capture of 350 Boers, besides many voluntary surr[?]nderers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An interesting point as to the rights of prisoners of war in respect of captured stock handed over to the curator b[?] by the military authorities was raised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several intended pro-Boer meetings in London have been cancelled, the lessees refusing to let their balls to the meetings. The Netherlands Government is siad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Details of the disaster to the Midland Mounted Rifles at Waterkloof show that Commandant Kruitzinger surprised the coulumn at day break just as the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several Liaberal Unionist and Conservative newspapers applaud the speech of Mr. Seddon, the New Zealand Premier, at Christchurch, crying shame…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reportad that the Boers brutally ajamboked Mr. Boths, a member of the Cape Assembly for Aliwal North, for voting for the Treason Bill in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars of the fighting at Reitz on June 6 show that the British surprised a convey, and the Boers fled. The [?]y, however, when they saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bo[?] capture[?] 25 British troops at Paardekop on June 16, and subsequently released them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S[?] Thomas Fu[?], the well-known surgeon, for acting as [?]urgeon-consultant to the British forces in South Africa is to receive £370 from the Victorian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colonel Campbell's column has cleared the Harrismith, Bethlehem, and Spitzkop districts, in Orange River Colony, capturing great quantities of forage,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This story concerning the relations existing between American officers and their men is going the rounds. During the operations prior to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirty-eight Boer families recently trekked from the Transvaal to Damarmvland, where the Germans arrseted th[?], and placed the women and children is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a banquet held in London last night. Lieutenant-General Carrington [?]id that the Australians and Canadians were the "nicest" men he ever com…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commandant Malan, with 400 men, made a determined attack on Richmond, in Cape Colony, on Tuesday, and captured several outlying [?]angars held by…
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